Door mounting



DE wrr'r RAMSEY Aug. 11, 1942. 2 2,292,772

- I noon MOUNTING Filed April 10, 1941 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 19422,292,772 noon MOUNTING De Witt Ramsey, Coral Gables, Fla. ApplicationApril 10, 1941, Serial-No.-387,'946

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in door mountings and isespecially devised for hanging sliding doors in dwellings, bookcases,cabinets and the like.

An important object of the invention resides'inthe provision of a doormounting for sliding doors which includes a plate slidably mounted in aheader track and a hanger blade associated therewith, said hanger bladebeing suspended from the plate and attached to the upper edge of thedoor, the plate and hanger blade assuring a quiet, smooth and positiveoperation upon actuation of the door.

The invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a fragmentary side elevational view of a sliding doormounted in a header track in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the sliding plate removed from theheader track.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the hanger blade removed from thedoor.

Referring to the drawing for a more detailed description thereof, a doorof the sliding type is generally designated by the reference numeral 8,the same being suspended from a header track generally designated by thereference numeral 9. The header track may be formed of a plurality ofplies Ill and I I of wood held in laminated relation by any desiredmeans and is adapted to be supported in the door frame wherever employedin a manner well known in the art. The lamination of the material addsstrength to the header while reducing to a minimum the amount ofwarpage.

During the fabrication of the header 9 the lowermost ply II is milledinternally to form a longitudinally extending recess l2 and a verticalrecess l 3 communicating therewith, the latter recess extendingthroughout the length of the header. An elongated metal slide plate orpan f 4 is mounted for slidable movement within the recess I2, saidplate being formed with upturned side flanges l5 and a longitudinal slotI6 in the bottom wall H, the slot I6 adapted to receive the hanger bladegenerally designated by the reference numeral I8. The slide plate I4 ispreferably stamped from metal with the bottom face of the bottom wall I!formed with a smoothly polishedsurface preferably chromium-plated so asto bereadily slidable within the recess l2 upon opening and closing ofthe door 8. The corners of the plate I4 are rounded as is readily appar-10 ent from Figure 4 of the drawing so as to eliminate any bindingaction during its travel through the recess.

The hanger blade I8 is suspended from the plate l4, said hanger bladebeing preferably stamped from sheet metal and formed with a foot portionI9 slotted as indicated at 20. The hanger blade I8 moves within thevertical recess I3 formed in the header 9 and extends through the slotI6 formed in the plate l4 and is attached to the plate by means of thepin 2| which extends through the opening 22 formed in said blade. Thepin 2| is held in position by means of the side flanges l5 and theweight of the door 8 carried by the hanger blade will maintain the pin2| in constant contact with the bottom wall IT. The upper end of theblade I8 is formed with an outwardly turned flange 23 to form a topsliding surface preventing the blade l8 from rising to a point where itmight drag or jam against the header. The flange 23 has its uppersurface highly polished and its edges rounded so as to alleviate thepossibility of a binding action upon movement of the door.

A screw or similar fastening member 24 forms a means for attaching thehanger blade I8 to the upper edge of the door 8, said screw extendingthrough the slotted portion 20 and into the surface of the door asdisclosed in the drawing.

The entire unit including the header 9, slide plate l4 and hanger bladeI8 will be assembled at the factory with the hanger blade ready forattachment to the door 8. This will mean a material saving of time andeffort in the suspending of the door in a dwelling, cabinet or the likeas well as the assurance that the units will operate satisfactorily byreason of the correct alignment and installation of the several parts ofthe invention.

It will be readily apparent that since the door is fixedly secured tothe hanger blade and the hanger blade in turn secured to the slide platel4 that upon movement of the door the plate M will freely and smoothlyslide in the recess 2.

Also it will be understood, of course, by those skilled in the art thatvariations in the hereinabove described device involving thesubstitution of substantial equivalents for the devices described areintended to be comprehended within the spirit of the present inventionand that the invention is capable of extended application and is notconfined to the exact showing of the drawing nor to the preciseconstruction described and, therefore, such changes and modificationsmay be made therein as do not affect the spirit of the invention norexceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a slide mounting for a door having a horizontal header framesection provided with a flat guide groove and a vertical slot connectingwith the said groove, a slide member having a flat elongated bottom andupturned flanges at the sides and ends of the said bottom, the saidslide member having a, width slightly less than the width of the guidegroove and having a longitudinally directed slot at its center, a hangermember having a blade extended vertically through the slot in the headerframe and the center slot of the slide member, a door engaging footformed at the bottom end of the hanger member, a horizontally extendingguide flange formed at the top of the hanger blade, the said bladehaving an aperture in the upper portion thereof, and a holder pinextended transversely through the said aperture in the blade and restingon the bottom of the slide member between the side flanges thereof, thesaid pin being of a length such that its removal from the aperture ofthe blade is precluded by the said side flanges when it is in hangersupporting position on the slide member.

2. In a slide mounting for a door having a horizontal header framesection provided with a flat groove and a vertical slot opening into thegroove, a slide member having a, flat elongated rectangular shapedbottom and upturned flanges at the sides thereof, the said slide memberbeing slidably fitted on the flat bottom portion of the guide slot andprovided with a longitudinally directed center slot, a door supportinghanger blade extending vertically through the slot in the header framesection and the slot in the bottom of the slide member, the said bladehaving an aperture in its upper portion above the bottom of the slidemember, and a supporting pin slidably extended through the aperture inthe blade and having its end portions resting horizontally in atransverse position on the bottom of the slide member and between theside flanges thereof, the said pin having its length exceeding half thewidth of the slide member whereby it is held against sliding detachmentfrom the blade when in supporting position on the bottom of the slidemember.

DE WITT RAMSEY.

